Crewe Alexandra On This Day – February 6th

There have been 2 games played on February 6th this century, coincidently both against Rochdale and finishing 2-0 to the hosts.

In 2010, we travelled to Spotland where Chris O`Grady gave Rochdale the lead on 8 minutes before a Matt Tootle own goal just after the break sealed the points.

Crewe: Phillips; Brayford, O`Donnell, Worley, Tootle; Murphy (Grant 76), Schumacher, Walton (Shelley 64), Westwood; Miller, Zola (Moore 5)

Rochdale: Fielding, Dawson, Kennedy, Stanton (McArdle 39), Wiseman, Atkinson, Jones, Taylor, Dagnall, O`Grady, Obadeyi (Higginbotham 60)

2 years ago, Rochdale travelled to the Alexandra Stadium. First half goals from Marcus Haber and Brad Inman gave the Alex all 3 points.

Crewe: Garratt; Turton, Ajayi, Nugent, Guthrie; Inman (Ng 81), Fox, Jones, Cooper (Bakayago 71); Haber, Seager (Howell 87)

Rochdale: Lillis, Kennedy (Bunney 70), Lancashire, Rafferty, McNulty, Allen, Camps, Lund, Syers (Mendez-Laing 74), Henderson, Vincenti (Andrew 46)